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LHISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE [of Eusebius] TRANSLATEE DE LATIN EN FRANÇois PAR MESSIRE CLAUDE DE SEYSSEL, EVESQUE LORS DE MARSEILLE, DEPUIS ARCHEVESQUE DE THURIN.—Imprimee par le commandement du Roy (Pot Cassé).—On les vend a Paris, devant leglise de la Magdelaine, a lenseigne du Pot Casse. Par maistre Geofroy Tory de Bourges, marchant libraire et imprimeur du Roy.—Avec privilege pour six ans.
Paris, G. Tory, 1532. Folio; 6 preliminary leaves, 151 leaves of text, numbered, and a final unnumbered leaf, on the verso of which are the words: 'The printing of this present book was finished the XXI day of October, M. D. XXXII, by maistre Geofroy Tory,' etc. Then follows the Pot Cassé, surmounted by the arms of France, borrowed from the verso of the title-page of 'Champ fleury.'
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LES TROYS PREMIERS LIVRES DE LHISTOIRE DE DIODORE SICILIEN, HISTORIOGRAPHE GREC. TRANSLATEZ DE LATIN EN FRANCOYS PAR MAISTRE ANTHOINE MACAULT NOTAIRE SECRETAIRE ET VALLET DE CHAMBRE ORDINAIRE DU ROY, FRANCOYS PREMIER.—Imprimez de l'ordonnance et commandement dudit seigneur.—Avecques privilege a six ans.—On les vent a Paris en la rue de la Iuifverie, devant la Magdalaine, a l'enseigne[268] du pot cassé.
At the end: 'Imprimé a Paris, en avril M. D. XXXV.'[269]—Quarto.
The title-page of this book is embellished by a portico-shaped border, which is found in the first three opuscula described in this section. On the verso of the title, in the vellum copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale, is the final border of 'Champ fleury,' in which are depicted the arms of England, with the device, DIEV EST [sic] MON DROICT.
The author's exordium begins with a large letter S, decorated with an escutcheon bearing two fasces accompanied by nine besants, three by three, with this device in Greek: MHKETI ('not at all'); these are Macault's arms, doubtless. This letter appears again on folio 148. Facing the first page of text is a magnificent engraving representing François I surrounded by his court, listening to Macault as he reads his book to the king. The author is represented in a clerical costume, with a calotte on his head. Beside him are the three sons of François I: François, who died a few years later, Henri, who became Henri II, and Charles, Duc d'Orléans. This engraving is a faithful copy of the painting on Macault's original manuscript, which was still in France in 1811, but has since crossed over to England. It is described in Part 3, section 1 (pages [166]-[168]).
The printed book forms a quarto volume of 8 unnumbered preliminary leaves, 152 numbered leaves (signatures A to Q), and 8 leaves of index: 168 leaves in all. On the last page is the final border of 'Champ fleury,' which appears also on the verso of the title.[270]